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Children of the Japanese Tsunami - Primary Teachers' Resources

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Watch this film to see how Japanese school children are coping after the tsunami

Hundreds of thousands of children in Japan lost their homes after a tsunami destroyed an area on the north-east coast.

A lot of children now live in temporary accommodation but they still have to go to school. They are rebuilding their town in the aftermath of the disaster and looking forward to life returning to normal.

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